| AdminHistory | British Psychological Society Consultations and Responses 1960-1971 (from Annual Reports - see Council Papers for many of these documents)
1960 Ministry of Health Subcommittee on Training of Staff of Training Centres for the Mentally Subnormal (Scott) [ file, Council Papers 1960 and Bulletin of the British Psychological Society January 1961 Volume 43 pages 42-51]
1960 Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders - corporal punishment as a judicial penalty
1960-1961 Government Rating and Valuation Bill (Pritchard Report) [Council Papers 1959-1960]
1962 British Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled or Handicapped School Leavers
1961 Scottish Home Office Department Committee of Inquiry on Children and Young Persons
1962 Hospital Plan (Porritt report) - BPS Council circulated to Regional Hospital Boards and Hospital Management Committees a memo on the Establishment and Accommodation of Psychologists in General Hospitals
1962 Kilbrandon Committee on the Law as It Affects Children - evidence prepared by the Scottish Division of Professional Psychologists (Educational and Clinical) [Scottish Division of Professional Psychologists]
1964 Heywood Committee on Social Studies [BPS Council Papers I ]
1963-1965 Plowden Committee on Primary Education [ see also Corporal Punishment]
1964-1965 Royal Commission on the Penal System [Bulletin 64, 1966 pages 23-34]
1964 The Committee of the BPS Scottish Division of Professional Psychologists commentary on the publication 'Medical Services for Child Guidance' distributed to appropriate authorities in Scotland
1965 At the Request of the Association of Occupational Therapists a working party of the BPS Council drew up recommendations on the future role of Occupational Therapists - to assist in the drawing up of a new curriculum for training. [BPS Council Papers I]
1965 Psychology in the curriculum of the new medical school at Nottingham University
1966- Royal Commission on Medical Education [Bulletin 61, Council Papers I]
1966-1969 Working Party on Psychologists in the Education Service (Summerfield) [Council Papers I]
1967-1969 Ministry of Health Joint Sub-Committee on Health and Welfare Services for Epileptic People
1968-71 Zuckerman Committee on Hospital Scientific and Technical Services [Council Papers I]
1967-1969 Scottish Home and Health Department Social Work and the Community - evidence from BPS Scottish of Educational and Child Psychology
1967-1968 Scottish Education Department - survey on Children and Visual Defects [Council Papers I and BPS Scottish Division of Professional Psychologists]
1967-1968 in response to a request from the National Foundation for Educational Research the BPS Council appointed a working party on the supply of psychological tests
1968-1969 Advisory Council on the Penal System Sub-Committee on Detention Centres [Bulletin Vol 21 October 1968]
1968-1969 Ministry of Health and Department of Education and Science Joint Committee on the Responsibility for the Education of Mentally Handicapped Committee [Bulletin January 1969]
1965-1968 Organisation and Responsibilities of the Social Services Functions of Local Authorities (Seebohm) [Council Papers I]
1968 Green Paper on the Administrative Structure of the Medical and Related Services in England and Wales - comment by the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology
1968 Ministry of Health request to examine the status of developmental tests for babies, research and training required with particular reference to the Griffiths Mental Development Scale [Annual report 1968 pages 31-32]
1968 Report on Mental Development Scales for very young children submitted to the Department of Health and Social Security at their request and the suggests made in it as to the need for research are to be the subject of further discussion between the Society and the Department
1968 Education (Scotland) Bill [see BPS Scottish Division of Educational and Child Psychology Correspondence, Reports and Projects 1968-1982]
1968 Memorandum of Psychology in the Medical Curriculum submitted to the Royal College of Physicians [Division of Clinical Psychology reports and papers]
1969-1971 Government Enquiry into Scientology (Sir John Foster) [Council Papers I]. Note: Foster recommended that psychotherapists should be registered.
1969-1970 Department of Education and Science Committee on the Education of the Visually Handicapped [BPS report by M D Vernon published by Government 1972]
1969-1970 Green Paper on the NHS in Scotland - responses by BPS Division of Clinical Psychologists and Scottish Division
1970 Role and Training of Speech Therapists [Annual report page 41]
1970-1971 Parliamentary Select Committee on Education
1970 Green Paper on the Future Structure of the National Health Service
1970-1972 Home Office enquiry into Law, Policy and Procedures on the Adoption of Children (Houghton) [See BPS DECP Papers]
1970-1971 Department of Employment Future of the Employment Service [Bulletin Vol 24 pages 137-138 and PAB Papers and Responses]
1970-1971 Standing Medical Advisory Committee Sub Committee on Rehabilitation [Bulletin Vol 23 pages139-146 also in BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers & Responses I]
1970-1971 Advisory Committee on Penal Reform on the Treatment of Young Offenders
1971 Parliamentary Committee on Privacy [Council Papers II]
1971 Department of Education and Science New Education Act
1971 Department of Health and Social Security Advisory panel on the need for new or adapted tests for babies
1970-1972 Home Office Enquiry into Law, Policy and Procedures on the Adoption of Children (Houghton) [file, DECP Reports] |
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